Regionalism manifests as:
- Demand for secession from the Indian Union (e.g., Khalistan, Dravid Nad, Mizos, Nagas).
- Demand for separate statehood (e.g., Bodoland, Vidharbha, Gorkhaland).
- Demand of Union Territories for full-fledged statehood (e.g., Puducherry, Delhi).
- Inter-state boundary disputes (e.g., Chandigarh, Belgaum) and river-water disputes (e.g., Cauvery, Krishna, Ravi-Beas).
- “Sons of the soil theory” advocating preference to local people in government/private jobs and permits.